Defends the Gospel of Jesus Christ and confessional Reformed Anglicanism. The term "Reformed" refers to the five solas of the Reformation and the five points of Calvinism. The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, 1662 Book of Common Prayer, and the Ordinal constitute the Anglican Formularies, the doctrinal standards of Anglicanism. The Lambeth Articles 1595 and Irish Articles 1615 are Reformed confessions. Isa 1:18,Rom 12:1, 2

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In God's providence my doctrine has changed from Pentecostal Arminianism to Calvinism and Reformed Anglicanism. My Reformed standards are the Anglican Formularies (39 Articles of Religion, 1662 BCP, the Homilies), with the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity. Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, KY, 1995, M.Div. Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida, 1991, B.A., Cum Laude. [Nota Bene: All e-mails to me are considered in the public domain. I reserve the right to post them on the blog. Anonymous comments may or may not be posted at the discretion of the blog owner.]
Anglo-Catholicism and Arminianism are heresies.
I view Amyraldianism as a departure from Reformed theology and I disagree with the three points of common grace and the "gracious offer". I do post or link to sites that disagree with my views at times and having those sites on my blog does not constitute an endorsement of everything said on those sites. I generally endorse the presuppositional apologetics of Gordon H. Clark.
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The burning of Tharchbishop of Cant. D. Tho. Cranmer in the town dich at Oxford, with his hand first thrust into the fyre, wherwith he subscribed before. [Click on the picture to see Cranmer's last words.]

Collect of the Day

ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Collect from the First Day of Lent is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The problem with the doctrine of God's free offer of the Gospel is that it confuses the knowledge of God's as Creator with the knowledge of the creature from below. Although "we" as creatures do not know who is elect and who is reprobate, God does know and has predetemined every single person to either heaven or hell and absolutely so. While we as ignorant creatures do desire to see everyone converted to Christ, it does not follow that God has that same desire. How could God desire to do what He has predetermined and decreed not to do? Such thinking makes God inherently irrational and confused, which is of course impossible for an omnscient and omni-intelligent personal God who is also three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We do not persuade men with the wisdom of this world but with the spiritual things of the Gospel. The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. (1 Corinthians 1:18-25).

2 comments:

You answer your own question with such expounding. Revealing that you lack the mind of God. So therefore Arminius prevails... "The problem with the doctrine of God's free offer of the Gospel is that it confuses the knowledge of God's as Creator with the knowledge of the creature from below." You will some to hell...Thinking God will obey your wishes.

Ah, so you're actually a universalist? Everyone is going to heaven? At last an Arminian who admits his Pelagianism and his liberal theology. My Bible says that God created a lake of fire for the punishment of the wicked after the day of judgment. It's a logical proposition recorded for our knowledge in Scripture. I know. You're an agnostic. You don't really know anything the Bible clearly and plainly says.